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Definition of Brigades
1. brigade [v] - See also: brigade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brigades
Literary usage of Brigades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"This position of the brigades, in the order above mentioned, was maintained until
Thursday the seventeenth of December, when the division was withdrawn, ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"This position of the brigades, in the order above mentioned, was maintained until
Thursday the seventeenth of December, when the division was withdrawn, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"As to Ufe saving and manoeuvring gear, some brigades rely almost entirely on ...
Working of brigades.—In some forces all possible attention is given to the ..."
4. The Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65: The Army of the Potomac and the Army by Andrew Atkinson Humphreys (1883)
"Second Corps, Major-General Winfield S. Hancock commanding: First Division (old
Second Corps), composed of four brigades, Brigadier-General FC Barlow ..."
5. The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States by Horace Greeley (1867)
"So urgent and instant was the pressure, that Slocum's division had to be divided
and sent by brigades, and even regiments, to the points where the need of ..."